A Story of a Young Man who was Saved from Zina - Khalid Basalamah
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00:00There was a young man. He was lived in Iraq. He was very famous for his piety. Because
00:12of his incredibly strong relationship with Allah, like if the call to prayer was heard,
00:17he always went to the mosque on time and never missed the first shawth. From his clothes
00:21and his appearance, he was very close to Allah. From his tongue, he was always say about the
00:27Qur'an and hadith of Prophet Muhammad. When he worked, he was looking for halal income.
00:33His whole life was dedicated in the way of Allah, to please Allah. This young man has
00:38a physical advantage. He was very handsome. He was extremely famous as the most handsome
00:43person in Baghdad at that time. Also, he was only about 19 years old when this story happened.
00:49He became a hot topic among the women all over Baghdad. And they hope they can just
00:54talk with him because of his extremely handsome face and his politeness. Even they pursued
00:59him around. And there was one rich woman, an official's wife, famous for her beauty
01:05and her wealth. All men also pursued her because of her beauty and her physical appearance.
01:14One time, she said to the people, I will conquer this man and surely he will do zina with me.
01:22And so the shaitan deception was made. It was coincidence that her husband went out
01:27of the city for his duty and was taking for many months. And Allah knows if they may return
01:33or not. Because in those days, there were no communication and no transportations like
01:39we are living now. So then she was back to her house. She dolled up as much as she could
01:45with her beauty and her fragrance. And then she told her maids, if the young man passes
01:52in front of the house, say that in the house there's a person who is sick and no man can
01:58help. So please take it to the tabib. And this young man was trapped. As he walking
02:03in front of the house, suddenly the maids were shouting to him, please help, our master
02:09is sick. There is no man to help. So please help us. Then finally, the man was inside
02:15the house. When he entered the house, my brothers and sisters in faith, what happened was they
02:21closed the door and the cunning woman said, if you don't do zina with me, I will scream
02:28that you purposely come to disturbing me at my house. He was tricked. Back then, the houses
02:35were all closed together. A little screaming can be heard all over the neighborhood. He
02:40thought, what should I do? He was alone in a room with a perfect woman. In front of his
02:47eyes was the woman with perfection, beautiful, rich and has a position. Just ask him to do
02:56zina and that's it. He can enjoy with her. He can get the wealth and so on and so forth.
03:03But my brothers and sisters, the one who knows his Lord Allah is different. He already knows
03:09who he is. He already knows who he will face. He already knows the law of Allah. He already
03:18knows the promise of Allah if he leaves haram things and the reward of leaving it later
03:23in the heaven. He has learned it all. Then he prayed to Allah saying, oh Allah, you know
03:31how I keep my relationship well with you and I've always seduced to do zina but I've always
03:37hold it back. Now, why am I suddenly enter into a shaitan trap like this? Please save
03:42me oh Allah. Suddenly, he felt pain from his stomach. His stomach hurt. Then he said, my
03:48stomach hurt. I need to go to the restroom. The woman said, the restroom is over there.
03:53Open it and please go in. But still, after you finish, you have to do zina with me. If
03:59you don't, I will scream. So he went in. Then he was defecating. We beg your pardon. That
04:05was the story. He was defecating. After he used the restroom, he suddenly came with an
04:10idea. Allah gave him an inspiration. He took his own stool and then passed it on his shirt.
04:15As he came out of the room, this rich woman who was famous for her cleanliness, beauty
04:20and everything was shocked. A while ago, he was clean and tidy but now he was covered
04:25by stool. Then she said, why are you like this? He said, you see, this is who I am.
04:31I am like this. If you really want to do zina, here I am with my own stool in my body. Finally,
04:37the woman said, get this man out. This guy is so filthy. So he was kicked out from the
04:43house. And as soon as he was out in front of the woman's house, he prostrated to thank
04:47Allah for save him from zina. Someone who knows and recognizes God, he will save him
04:54from the sin, not just let it be. In this story, he already trapped but still managed
04:59to escape. How weak many people are among us, not just tricked, but they deliberately
05:05plunge themselves to commit a sin. Even though the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam told
05:11us very clear in hadith of Bukhari, when the servant commits a sin, a small sin, a black
05:17spot will appear upon his heart. What does the black spot mean? It means that in the
05:23next few days, he will feel his life becomes dark, his life becomes difficult because of
05:29just one small sin. Many of the doors of the rizq are covered until the black spot
05:36is cleaned. And what does Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhumah say? I know the severity of the small
05:42sin I've committed. Probably for us, it's just a common thing, or probably we just hear
05:48something unintentionally. He said, I know Allah forbids me to pray in congregation at
05:54mosque in a month. He realized that he was forbidden from worshipping Allah because of
05:59the smallest sin.